Re: I never met an outboard I didn’t like until now – 1960’s 40Hp Evinrude

[rvpapasso]

This was originally my engine that I picked up and it was very clean and hung on my rack for years before I gave it to my friend, Keith, a few years back. Even though it was real clean with nice original paint we replaced the coils with new ones (not old ones laying around), spark plug wires, water pump, lower end seals, rebuilt the carb and fuel pump before its first season in the water. It has run reliably for a few seasons and this is the first sign of trouble

I agree the carb is not what I would expect however this engine ran reliably for a few seasons and this is the first time it has shown any problems. If there was anything amiss with improper parts on this engine it would have shown up during the many seasons of reliable running. Just a side note, I think this year should have had the hot air choke that replaced the water choke but there is no tap in the block for the water line to a choke or a tap in the exhaust manifold for the hot air choke.

When we pulled the flywheel last night the coils looked great, at least from the top view. We did not remove them to inspect the bottom. Even with the wrong carb or even the carb removed I would have expected some noise with directly priming the cylinders, anything such as a pop, backfire or curl of blue smoke.